I should have liked this story, folks. Kick ass cover? Check. Good blurb? Check. Beauty and the Beast retelling? Double check! I LOVE fairy tale retellings. But sadly, this one didn’t just fall flat for me. It sort of face-planted in a pile of dog crap. (If you want to get all visual about it)

​Now, I understand that plot isn’t always the main feature of romantic erotica, so I had low expectations going into this story. But the plot wasn’t just thin, it was practically nonexistent!

Now, I’m not willing to say that I’m a big fan of romantic erotica YET. My failures are still too fresh in my mind. But this book served as a good reminder of why a reader should never close themselves off from an entire category of books based on a few bad choices.

First of all, I’m a fan of Bronwyn Green. I readRewritten, and thought it was brilliant.Drawn That Wayis a little different thanRewritten, in that it is less of a category hopper—meaning, I would say this one can be classified more securely as romantic erotica than contemporary romance.

Amazon blurb:Raine Sumner is your struggling freelance reporter. She thought she was going to be a journalist who would change the world, but instead, she ended up doing sugary gigs for little pay. Then, she receives a job offer that’s a little more interesting than the others. It’s another fluff piece, but it involves something a little more challenging: doing a piece on Zach Frayne.

Amazon blurbNeda’s life is going exactly as she and her family planned. She is betrothed to an absolute stunning specimen of a man, Luca, who can hardly keep his hands off of her before her twenty-first birthday, at which point she will be fully mature and ready to mate for the first time in her life.

Yet as happy a young woman as she considers herself, there's trouble lurking in paradise.
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Amazon blurbClay MacDonough appears to have it all--sinful good looks, success, and a woman whose sexual appetites match his own--but he wants more. Determined to win the complete surrender of the submissive who tests him at every turn, Clay is willing to give up almost anything to have her--including his family legacy.

Dara Sanderson is convinced she'd found the man of her dreams, swearing he must be her soul mate from a past life. Clay is her best friend, and a perfect fit in all the right places, yet how can trust be built between them when he's shrouded himself in ever-increasing secrecy?